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From: lipsettm@crl.aecl.ca (Mike Lipsett)
Subject: Re: Positioning w/DC motors
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In article <nagleCusKFt.Bo8@netcom.com> nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle) writes:
>lynwood@csn.org (Lynwood H. Wilson) writes:
>>I'm looking for advice on using DC motors with encoders to position
>>a heavy object in several axes.  The straightforward approach seems to

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>
>      That's done routinely, but it isn't easy.  Motor drives for
>larger motors are fairly expensive.  PMAC makes some good ones in
>VMEbus form.  
>
...
>					John Nagle

Dear John:

Would you please post some more detail on PMAC, or point me in
their direcction?

Cheers,
- Mike Lipsett
